David Greenspan, B.S.

Founder​ - Northern California Program Manager

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David is the current conservation manager for the Sacramento Valley Conservancy where he is responsible for funding, designing, and implementing watershed and broad reaching habitat restoration and conservation projects on disturbed rangelands, oak savannah and woodland, and on riverine features within the greater Sacramento Valley area. Within this role, David has gained experience as it pertains to environmental conflict resolution, private landowner communication and coordination, conservation easement acquisitions, conservation easement monitoring, U.S. Farm Bill program implementation, and collaboration within multi-agency efforts to enact meaningful restoration.

 

Prior to the Sacramento Valley Conservancy, David worked in the private environmental consulting industry as an avian ecologist and general terrestrial biologist, primarily focused on raptor population and mortality monitoring as well as mitigation planning to reduce raptor, general avian, and bat mortality related to wind energy development and operation. David has experience with environmental permitting, planning, project development, grant writing, and large project management and implementation. 

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​In his free time, David lives a life exploring wild places in the western united states, usually joined by his two bird dogs. He is also a licensed falconer which has only broadened his expertise as it pertains to raptor ecology and habitat management. David is a staunch protector of wild lands, working lands, and wild things in general, he is a conservationist and a hunter and brings his zeal for the natural world into his project work with Wet Meadows.